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In Recruitment Rankings
The News Is (Mostly) Bad

By

Jeff D. Opdyke and

Ken Gepfert Staff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Feb. 10, 1999 12:01 a.m. ET

Ouch.

Site Selection magazine next week will unleash its annual rankings of which states fared best in recruiting new industry to the area. And as states across the Southeast and Midwest prepare to gloat, the Northwest will be feeling the sting.

Despite the fact that Northwestern economies, particularly those in Washington and Oregon,...